Tally card



June 24, 1930.

J J. ARNOLD v TALLY CARDv Filed June 6, 1929 lNvENTQR goseph J. rnodATTORNEY Patented June 24, 193@ UNITED sfr rosiiriar J. ARNOLD, or :NEWYORK, N. Y.

TALLY CARD Appncationvniea Jun-e 6, 1929. seriai Nb.' 368,953.

This invention relates generally to the class of indicating devices, andrefers more particularly to an improvement in tally cards which areespecially designed for use y in connection with card games, suchvk asbridge-whist, in which'the players are arralinged at a number of tablesfor progressive p ay.

. The invention primarily comprehends an improved tally card whichsimultaneously indicates the number of games played, the tables at whichand the-partnerswith whom each player is to play. A

More specically, the invention conte1nplates a tally card which isprovided with stationary and movable elements presenting surfacesinscribed with indicia adaptedV to be lselectively vdisplayed or pointedout to obtain vthe indications above referredto upon relative movementsof the elements.

' Other objects of the invention reside'in thesimplicity of constructionof the tally, the economy with which it may be produced and thelgeneralattractiveness and eiiiciency derived therefrom.'

With the above recited and other objects in' view, reference is had tothe following description and yaccompanying drawings, in which there isexhibited one example or embodiment of the invention,while the claimsdefine'the actual scope of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a face Vview ofthe tally.

Figure 2 is a' sectional view therethrough taken approximately on theline indicated at 2 2 in Figure 1. Y

Figure 3 is a blank view of the outer ele ment or section. f f i Figure4 is a similar view of the inner rotatable element.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, outer section orelementdesig nated generally by the reference character A is constructedfrom'a single sheet of material which is' cut and folded along anintermediate transverse folded line 5 to provide front andV rear wallsor panels 6 and 7, the former being provided with a centralsubstantially 'circular yopening 8, Vconcentrically of which anapertured bearing 9 is supported by means of a radial arm 10, whichbearing and arm preferably form an integral part of the strip from whichthe panel or wall 6 is constructed. `The wall or panel 6 is furtherprovided with a window opening 11. The outer or front face or surface ofthe panel or wall 6 is provided with. an annular `concentric series ofindicating characters or indices 12, such as numerals, which maysimulate, in effect, a clock dial. The arm 10 mayV also be printed,engraved and shaped to represent'the minutehand of a clock, asillustrated. The'inner or front face or surface of the rear panel orwall 7 is provided with a central aperture 13 which .coincides with thecentral aperture14 of the bearing 9, and said face will be inscribedwith suitable characters or indices 15 arranged in annular'concentricrelation to the central aperture 13 and radially spaced therefrom to bedisposed at a point within the circular opening 8 in 'the' front panelor wall when the same is folded to the parallel position illustrated inFigures 1 and 2. A rotary or relatively movable section designatedgenerally by the reference character B, is provided which is cut from asheet ofmaterial and which is preferably of circular formation toprovide a disk adapted to be arranged between the front and rearpanelsor walls 6 and 7 of the first mentioned section or element A. Thesection B is provided with a concentric aperturel 16 which is designedto be aligned with apertures 18 and 14 of the walls or leaves 6 and 7after which a fastener 17 is passed through the apertures 13, 14 and 16to rotatably associate the section B with the section A between theleaves or panels 6 and 7 thereof. The section B is provided with asubstantially sector shaped peripheral notch 18, one wallof which notchis formed with a projection 19 suitably shaped to provide a pointer ofsuch a length that its terminal extends slightly beyond the circularopening '8 to vcoact with ,the characters or'indicia 12 on the face ofthe leaf'or panel 6.V The. notch v18 serves yas a window opening throughwhich the characters or indicia l'are selectively displayed uponrotation of the section ordisk B. The projec-l tion 19 and the adjacentportion of the disk B may be printed or otherwise shaped to representthe hour hand of a clock, as illustrated in the drawings. The disk orsection B is of a diameter to provide an annular portion a Which isvisible through the Window opening 11 in the front leaf or panel 6 andthe portion is formed With an annular concentric series of indicatingcharacters or numerals 20 which are designed to be selectively displayedupon rotation ofthe disk.

ln practice, the indicia or characters 12 represent the numberV ofthegame being ciated that the indiciav 12l with Which the pointer 19cooperates may be used to indicate either the game number or the tablenumber While the indicia 2Ov may either represent the table number, thegame number or the partner .with Whom the holder of the tally visto'play the game. To start with, the dial or section B is 'turned sothat the pointer 19 is arranged to indicate the character represented asNo. 1 on Figure 1.

After the first game has been played, the disk or section B is turned inaclockvvise direction so that the pointer 19 points to the character No.2, as illustrated in Figure 1. This simultaneously displays thecharacter 12, as Well as the character 20, which regopening 11.

isters with the notch 18 and the Window t is, therefore, apparent thateach operation simultaneously. sets the tally Without the necessityV ofa numberrof operations or'adjustments. It is also to be assumed thatV atally Will be provided for each player appropriately provided With theindicia so that the selection of partners for the particular games to beplayed land thertables at Which the games are to be played Will beautomatically indicatedjby ythe tallys. l It Will alsobeunderstood thatthe rear surface or face of the rear leaf Wall orpanel affords' a spacefor Writing in scores and computing the total.

What is claimed is: Y

1. A tally card including front andrear stationary leaves and anintermediate relatively movable leaf, said leaves respectively bearingindicia, the front Yleaf having an lopening through which the indicia onthe intermediate leaf are selectively displayed andthe intermediate leafhaving a pointerV and an opening by means of Which the indicia on thefront and rear leaves are respectively pointed out and displayedselectively.

2. 1n a tally card including front and rear stationary leaves and anintermediate Vrelatively movable leaf, said leaves respectively bearingindicia relating to the number of games played and the partners WithWhom and the tables at which the games are to be played, the front leafhaving an opening through Which the indicia on the intermediate leaf areselectively displayed and the intermediate leaf having a pointerV and anopening, by means of which pointer theV indicia on the front leaf areselectively pointed out and through the opening yof.

which intermediate leaf the indicia on the rear leaf are selectivelydisplayed.

3. ln a tally card, front and rear 4'sta-- tionary leaves andan,intelmediatel relatively rotatable leaf, the front leaf having acircular opening, a concentric apertured bearing and an arm extendingradially from the bearing and attached tothe re- Ymainder of the. frontleaf, saidfront leaf having annularly spaced indicia adjacent thecircular opening and having a Window opening radially beyond theindicia, the `intermediate leaf having a segmental opening and a radialprojection constituting a pointer adapted to cooperate With the' indiciaon the front leaf and said intermediate leafhaving indicia adapted to beselectively displayed through the Window opening on the front leaf, theVrear 'leaf having annularly arranged indicia adapted tofbe selectivelydisplayed through' the segmental opening in the intermediate leaf andthrough the circular opening of the front leaf. Y l

l. In a tally card, front and rear stationary leaves and an intermediaterelatively rotatable leaf, the front leaf having a circular opening, aconcentricV apertured bearing and an arm extending radially from thebearing and attached to the remainder of the front leaf, said front leafhaving annularly spaced indicia adjacent the circular opening 'andhaving a Window opening radially beyond the indicia, theintermediate-leaf having a segmental opening and a radial VVprojectionconstituting a pointer `adapted to cooperate Y with the indicia on thefront leaf andfsaid intermediate leaf having indicia adapted to beselectively displayed through the'windovv opening on the front leaf, therear leaf having annularly arranged indicia adaptedi to filo a iis liesY the rear leaf concentric to the annularly arranged indicia.

5. A tally card including an outer section constructed from a singlesheet of material folded transversely and intermediate its length toprovide a pair of parallel front and rear leaves, the rear leaf having acentral aperture and indicia on its front face arranged in an arccoincident to thel central aperture, the front leaf having a circularopening of a diameter to expose the indicia on the front face of therear leaf, said front leaf having a radial inwardly extending portionprovided With a concentric aperture adapted to align With the centralaperture of the rear leaf, spaced indicia arranged annularly on thefront face ofthe front leaf adjacent the circular opening, a disk ofgreater diameter than the circular opening in the front leaf arrangedbetween said leaves having a concentric aperture, a fastener extendingthrough said apertures for holding the leaves and disk in assembled frelation and to afford an arbor upon which y.the disk is rotatable, saiddisk having a seg` mental opening through Which the indicia on the frontface of the rear leaf are selectively displayed, a pointer formed onsaid disk adapted to cooperate With the indicia on the front leaf toselectively indicate the same, indicia concentrically arranged on thefront face of the disk beyond the circular opening and said front leafvhaving a Window opening through which the indicia on the disk areselectively displayed.

JOSEPH J. ARNOLD.

